Common Genetic Variants Found in HLA and KIR Immune Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

The common variant - common disease hypothesis was proposed to explain diseases with strong inheritance. This model suggests that a genetic disease is the result of the combination of several common genetic variants. Common genetic variants are described as a 5% frequency differential between dise...

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Main Authors: Anthony R Torres, Thayne L Sweeten, Randall C Johnson, Dennis Odell, Jonna B Westover, Patricia Bray-Ward, David C Ward, Christopher J Davies, Aaron J Thomas, Lisa A Croen, Michael Benson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
KIR
HLA
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00463/full